The Venetian Ghetto

ABC presenter Rachael Kohn will broadcast a program on the Venetian Ghetto on Radio National.

The world’s first ghetto, imposed on the Jews of Venice in 1516, was very different from its current meaning. Forced to live behind a locked gate with many restrictions, the Jews of Venice were neither impoverished nor uniform, but were diverse in language and religious rites.

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